Wichita eagle., 1887-10-16
RAMBLES ABOUT EUROPE.
From England to Egypt Especially for
the Eagle.
no XVII.

am writing Of Switzerland, far away
/ from It's snow capped mountains, glaciered
gulches, and szured lakes, with something
of an fort to warm over the inspiration
eneendered whilst in the actual presence
Of its wou-drous beauty and marvellous
graDd' u ,aldyet Why, wi / the golden CT a.
ice Of memory presents a sueeier draught
Than inspirations cup rendered opacus by
he fatigue Of travel. aud the depressing
thought that it must all too soon be the
spring that has run dry. To do Europe
an skip Switzerland is to play Hamle,
wi the leading character left out, or to
j In an excursion Ia Illinois FOR Kansas and
stop shor, O. Wichita
Switzerland is the Garden Of the Gods
and Ike Eden, has no duplicates. The man
that has no poetry IN his soul wants to shun
it. The delicately reared woman Of the
dollhouse order should give 1t wide berth.
The man who fiDds old castles. art galleries.
churches, and the relics of tffere monarchy
cloy log to the appetite and hard to digest.
| Can tamper with the wonders of nature az
here set forth SO profusely, and surprise his
own stomach by the richness Of the repast.
and the ease with which they are asslmi
lated Dun'tir
The little old republic is gem of
purest ray. serene. which one can enter
with trunks that wonld discount the Ing
gage Of a Saratoga belle, and have no Gus
tom house mininn lay himself wide open to
packet al insult" Oae travels in Swift
zerland with degree OF comfort truly
surprising considering the perpendiculariIy
Of ne country
Their railway system Is admirably
adnpied not only 10 their institutions but To
serve the convenience and comfort of tray
eleIs We are 10 sooner arrived st the
drpot At Milan, outward bound, than we
discover much 10 our delight that We should
ccupy a Car made expressly for tourists
with end aud site plsifnrms surround, d by
an iron railing, thus sffording the best Cd.
poItlnity In The world 10 view the noun
tain scenery through which we we've short
" % pass OF course on entering the St,
Gotnard tunnel: We had 10 crawl into our
holes. but . & 'od portion Of THAI delightful
aud long :" be remem Sred / urney fiom
Milan tn Luctrne wa, performed In thenpen
air. About thirty miles from the former
city We came In sight of Lake G. mo md
skirted It's rock bound coast for several
miles
This beautiful stretch Of water Is IN
Italy, but deserves classification with III.
blue opsls Of .erlsnd. Il Il eighteen
hundred feet deep, ,hirsy-two miles long
and about two miles and a half wide
Wherever humanity cnuld get q foothold
on IFS pr cipi,ous shores or narrow besch.
the white wall, and red tiled roofs OF towns
aud vilsges sre 10 he seen II to,k US
seven and one half minutes by the watch TO
run through The lonps and tortu"us wind
logs ~ The ST. Go'hsrd tunnel Along
The route Was numerous waterfall. that
lrsped Thousand feet from their sunny
beds. and in heir mad descent spread out
4, times ike huge bridal veil
Ia ltule patches of meadow land found |
here and there 10 the narrow pass We were
mskiDg hay in The old style, cut |
&C, the, scattering it with fork
with supersnu II d wooden rakes.
As the II Ia sps. by one If these Sylvan
scenes tourist bailIog fgoD the sus flower
s'aie, blew Kiss 10 rs' her handsome ard
cnQueiishly atirei fraulein, and wss &C
cu~ed The spot OF firtiog As this i. an
fvnse puuished "; b des'h according 10
he C de Mick. ydoo. he frml, denied The
SIT imp sediment On reschiog the .um-
nir Il the Pass, The temperature bNsme
it cideily chilly, aid - The sky wss over
>ast and The clouds lsktd omipous, The
'cior' declared I; wss arsually moving.
had my own opinion but said nothing.